Honduras: Latin America's Murder Capital - by Stephen Lendman
By some accounts, it's the world's murder capital. The UN Development Program (UNDP) reported 4,473 2008 murders (61.3 per 100,000) in a country with about 7.3 million people, the equivalent of over 190,000 annual US killings, over 10 times the actual rate.
For 2009, anthropologist Adrienne Pine estimated a 9% increase, saying in June 2010:
location: Calvary Church, 48 & Baltimore, Philadelphia
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 7PM
Two Speakers and the film MACHUCA
Come and participate in a discussion about the current coup d'état in Honduras. Does it signal a return to the 1970's when US-military-supported dictatorships were imposed against the will of the peoples in Latin America. Are there differences?
SPEAKERS:
Eduardo Villegas C. -Social Worker in the City of Philadelphia; Former human rights activist in Chile during the Pinochet regime.
Berta Joubert-Ceci - From the Department of International Relations – Latin American and Caribbean Section - of Workers World Party. Currently working in solidarity with the National Front of Resistance to the Coup in Honduras
The coup regime leader, Roberto Micheletti, threatened to cancel the embassy's immunity if Zelaya were not handed over to the de facto regime. An overall atmosphere of insecurity is now being imposed. President Zelaya called on the armed forces not to attack their own people and encouraged the Honduran people to continue mobilizing for peace and the restoration of constitutional order. The National Resistance Front Against the Coup has sent out a call for a national strike today, and for people to come from all parts of the country to the capital to continue the show of popular support for the return of the democratically elected president.
Call the State Department (202-647-4000) and the White House (202-456-1111) Photo: Honduran President Manuel Zelaya addresses thousands of supporters who have gathered in front of the Brazilian embassy on Monday, September 21, 2009 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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